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I've read that "The first UWP for the Xbox One is the new Blue-ray player app"

This makes me think ... is this app using an internal MS API or could a simple programmer develop a custom Blue-ray/DVD player?

Thanks in advance

Santiago Ruiz
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I think it is a internal API, because such functionality is not yet available even on desktop UWP (you can't easily access disk mechanic). Maybe you could access the files on the drive via FolderPicker or FileOpenPicker, but I am afraid it will not work as the file explorer is will not list the drive there.

Martin Zikmund
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  • It was too useful to be true. It seems to be really difficult to build a custom player for DRM protected content (in any of it's forms) without being, at least, a medium sized company – Santiago Ruiz Jan 08 '18 at 21:38
  • @SantiagoRuiz If this has resolved your issue, please consider accepting the answer as solution so that the question is resolved. – Martin Zikmund Dec 01 '18 at 07:03
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No. The XBOX One's UWP API surface does not include access to the disc drive, for obvious reasons (tampering with game data, etc), nor does the XBOX One 'File Picker' provide a view into the Disc Drive contents.

You can view which APIs are available at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/extension-sdks/uwp-limitations-on-xbox

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